Somali Pirates Hijack 2 Tankers In 24 hours -- Yahoo News/APBRUSSELS – Pirates armed with machine guns pursued and captured a Norwegian chemical tanker off the coast of Somalia on Thursday, the owners said, less than 24 hours after a smaller Greek-owned vessel was seized in the same area.
The U.S. 5th Fleet, which patrols the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden, confirmed both hijackings and said they happened in the same area but separate from the gulf, one of the world's busiest — and now most treacherous — sea lanes.
The 23,000-ton Norwegian-owned Bow Asir was seized 250 miles (400 kilometers) off the Somali coast on Thursday morning, and the 9,000-ton Greek-owned Nipayia, with 19 crew members, was attacked about 450 miles (720 kilometers) off Somalia on Wednesday afternoon, the European Union's military spokesman said.
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My Comment: These ships are being hijacked hundreds of kilometers from shore .... one has to wonder what the many naval ships in the region are doing.
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they are probably chasing down more probable targets which turned out to be fish boats...because they computer said so...the modern world commanders are now no longer allowed to go by gut instead they have to go by computer readout...the RN won whole wars on the basis of gut, yet apparently it is no longer of use in the modern navy.
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